Which political party seeking our vote in tomorrow’s local elections is the most ‘Cornish’? Putting policies aside, most of which are merely variants of ‘build more’, which has the greatest proportion of Cornish candidates? One, admittedly very crude, method for assessing this is to compare the surnames of candidates against the 850 or so surnames […]
Cornwall’s local elections 2025
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Impressions jardin II
Je croyais l’arbre de Judée mort mais il se réveille… Le liquidambar affiche son vert tendre de printemps…Je l ai planté il y a dix ans ( il faisait deux mètres)…Il en fait plus de huit… Et le rosier grimpant Louis de Funès est bien prometteur… Le thym se multiplie partout… Bref..On dirait le sud […]
Impressions jardin II
I’ve let many weeks slip by without posting here, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been idle. What I wouldn’t give for a stretch of idleness just about now… Teaching at the University of Tulsa has been wonderfully rewarding and inspiring, but between preparations for class, childcare, and an occasional conference—even an energizing one, like the […]
Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna and the Light of Childhood
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